nominalism

English

Etymology

From French nominalisme. Surface etymology is nominal +‎ -ism.

Noun

nominalism (countable and uncountable, plural nominalisms)

1. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

Antonyms

• realism

Translations

doctrine

• Armenian: նոմինալիզմ (hy) (nominalizm)
• Czech: nominalismus m
• Finnish: nominalismi (fi)
• Greek: ονοματοκρατία (el) f (onomatokratía), νομιναλισμός (el) m (nominalismós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ainmníochas m
• Portuguese: nominalismo m
• Russian: номинализм (ru) (nominalizm)
• Swedish: nominalism c
• Turkish: adcılık (tr)

Anagrams

• misnominal

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Romanian

Etymology

From French nominalisme.

Noun

nominalism n (uncountable)

1. nominalism

Declension

declension of nominalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nominalism	nominalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) nominalism	nominalismului
vocative	nominalismule

Related terms

• nominal

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Swedish

Noun

nominalism c

1. nominalism

Declension

Declension of nominalism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nominalism	nominalismen	—	—
Genitive	nominalisms	nominalismens	—	—

Related terms

• nominalist
• nominalistisk

Coordinate terms

• konceptualism
• realism

References

• nominalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nominalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nominalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)